The Lesson of Alabama
Republican-controlled legislatures are ignoring the law because they have decided that defiance is good politics.
Marc Elias
As the founder of Democracy Docket and Partner at Elias Law Group, Marc Elias is a nationally recognized authority in voting rights, redistricting and law. In 2020, Marc led the historic legal effort to protect voting rights, winning over 60 lawsuits against the GOP’s efforts to suppress the vote. As Republicans continue to mount aggressive challenges to voting, Marc continues to fight back in court and on Twitter. Fighting for democracy by his side is Marc’s Portuguese Water Dog named Bode.
The Growing Threat of Republican Election Vigilantes
States need to act urgently to enact clear laws that forbid private voter challenges.
The “Big One” Missing From Trump’s Indictments
You need to include the weight of a lawsuit brought in the Supreme Court by 17 states directly against four others.
In Defending Their Congressional Maps, Republicans Keep Defying the Law
It’s been a rough year for lawyers tasked with defending Republican redistricting maps in court.
A Stain Not Easily Removed
Something has gone tragically wrong in the GOP and in the legal profession. At this pace, CPAC will need to hold its next convention in a prison yard.
The Indictments Are Only a Snapshot of Trump’s Conspiracy Against Democracy
Though the indictments only charge Trump with conspiring to illegally overturn the results after Election Day, the reality is that he started much earlier.
Trump, Five Lawyers and Their Conspiracy Against Our Democracy
There is no question that Trump is the ultimate villain of the Jan. 6 insurrection. But he didn’t act alone.
Alabama Shows Our Country Hasn’t Changed
Ten years ago, in his landmark opinion in Shelby County v. Holder, Chief Justice John Roberts promised that “our country has changed.”
Republicans Want To Make It Harder to Vote and Easier to Cheat
Unable to attract the support of a majority of eligible voters, Republicans are left to try to rig the voting rules and exploit election loopholes.
Revisiting Moore v. Harper and the Threats to Democracy
We cannot let the focus on this one case, as important as it was, obscure the fact that threats to our democracy come in many forms.
